The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05


gest of Clarke County-A Columbus
Frenchman's Unfortunate Marital
Venture.
GEORGIA
There have been fewer melons brought to
Dawson this season than for many years.
The editor of the Dawson Ne,cS saw a
rainbow day or two ago for the first time
in his life.
Centreviile has been made a post office
1t is called Triplett, and Joseph Holmes has
been appointed postmaster.
The Tax Receivers digest shows that
Clarke county contains over ! 900 more
acres of land in 1887 than it did in 1886.
The Police Committee of Athens granted
each of the force two weeks vacation eX-
cept those men who have already lost so
much time.
There will be reunion of the survivors
of the 4th Georgia regiment at Albany on
the first Wednesday in September which
will be the 7th.
The Governor has been petitioDed TO issue
reward for the person OF persons who set
fire and burned the church at Pleasant Hill,
Taylor county.
At Albany the firm of C. NJ Shackelford
q Co. has been dissolved, Mr.. Shackleford
having purchased the interest of his part
ner, Mr.. w. w. Wilson. in the business.
Mr.. Epps, living up the Oconee, went to
his watermelon patch in a boat and found
the melons floating on top of the water. He
ppt them in the boat and brought them to
Athens.
The river was rising at the rate of three
inches an hour at Albany Tuesday, and
quantities of driftwood came floating down.
The water was out of the river bed tor the
first time this year.
Rust is making its appearance in the cot
ton in good many fields around Cochran,
but of small extent As it is produced by
the excessive wet weather, it will, of courYe,
magnify in its ravages till fair weather and
abundant sunshine put stop TO it..
The end and one side of a two-story brick
building, in the yard at rear of Fairs store
on Jackson street, Athens, was undermined
by the hard rains and fell outward, We'd
nesday, leaving the roof of the building
supported by just two walls. Fortunately,
no one was hurt.
A remarkable freak of nature occurred in
the lower part of Taylor county a few days
ago. child was born to a respectable
family having only one hand and an arm.
On the other hand there are ten fingers and
on each foot there are ten toss. The child
appeared to be well developed otherwise.
r. H. Allen & Co, manufacturers and
wholesale dealers in saddles and harness, of
Buford, have moved their entire plant TO
Athens, and consolidated with I. c. Hada-
way. They will conduct a wholesale and
retail business. Mr. Allan brought with
him eleven mechanics with their families,
and will give employment TO the present
help.
Monday the body of a negro man was
seen floating down the river at High Shoals,
and was also seen at Furlow's mills. II is
supposed to be the body of one of Hampton's
hands, who wanted to reach Athens and
tried TO cross the Appalachee above the
shoals and was drowned. The negro had a
full set of whiskers, and no one of that de-
scription is missing anywhere near High
Shoals
AT the meeting of the Americas City
Council Monday night it was voted to ad-
vertise and sell the bridge over Flint river
belonging to the city. This bridge was
built some ten OF twelve years ago at a cost
to the city of near S12. 900, since which time
it has not paid the interest upon the invest
ment, to say nothing of the amounts ex-
pended for necessary repairs and the salary
OF the bridge keeper.
At Columbus the Central, PEOPLES and
the Merchants and Planters line of steamers
have resumed their regular trT-weel1ly sched-
ule. They have also reduced their tariff to
the old 20 cents per barrel rate. The steam
ers will leave Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, at o'clock a. nj. and will leave
as soon as the river falls sufficient for the
different lines to feel safe TO navigate the
Chattahoochee.
George White who has appeared before
the Mayor of Dawson many times and paid
so much money into the city treasury, Is in
danger of being modified by some Of the
colored deniZcns of the city As George
appears, in some shane or other, in so many
eases, the report is being circulated that the
City Council has got him employed to get
up fuses at 81 a case. This has incensed
many of the colored people and George is in
danger of being handled roughly.
Marcus Newman and Miss Dora Wright
were married in Columbus week ago. A
day or two afterward they left for Green
wills, Ala, to visit the brides mother. Mr.
Newman returned to the city without his
wife, and stated that he had been compelled
to leave her on account of threats made by
a man named Forster, who had been init
mate with the woman before her marriage,
and would kill any man who dared TO live
with her. Newman is an unsophsticated
Frenchman, and seems to have entered
hastily into marriage with a very bad
woman
The river at DIR. Prices mill, in Oconee
county, was 8 feet higher than ever known
before. IL carried away the doctors fine
gin house and buried his saw mill beneath
10 feet of sand. He will have to dig ID out
The sand in the mill yard was piled up to a
depth Of 10 feet. These sand floods are "A
part of the troubles from the late high
waters. The rivers are washed out to an
unusual depth and small mountains of sand
deposited on the banks At Princeton fac
tory millions of tons of sand were left by
the receding waters. This shows that the
lands were fearfully washed.
Americas Republican: From the Council
proceedings it will he seen that our city
fathers have agreed to give Mr. w. J.. Gless-
ner $3.50 for a certain number of copies OF
the Recorder for distribution The City
Council has no right to appropriate the peo-
PILES money TO any such purposes. Asa tax
payer we shall take steps to prevent the
payment of such money. II they pay the
Recorder such an amount we give notice
now that we shall apply to the City Council
at its next meeting To appropriate "A similar
amount of extra copies of the Sumter Re
publican for the same purpose.
Col John Mcintosh Kell, the Adiutant
General has declared his intention TO organ
ize the Walton Guards, Greene Rifles,
Gainesville Volunteers and Madison Home
Guards into battalion, and the election of
a Colonel TO command the four companies
is contemplated at an early date. IL Is the
purpose of the companies TO have an annual
battalion encampment, where drills and
guaId-momting and prize company and
manual drills will occur, and these encamp-
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